Hand loom



April SU, 1935. REBER L999A78 HAND LOOM Filed April 20 1952 ATTORNEY.

Fatentecl Apr. 30, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a hand loom adapted for use in weaving various articles and particularly adapted for making rugs, such as rag rugs and the like.

simple in structure, economical of manufacture, durable, compact, easily andquickly assembled, collapsible into folded form, and one which will be light when constructed. Another object of the invention is the provision in a hand. loom of this class of a lay so constructed and arranged that an easy and quick operation of the lay may be effected for beating up the weft and so constructed and arranged that the lay will also function and operate as a heddle.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a hand loom of this class which may be easily and quickly adjusted to accommodate various sizes of Weaving.

Other objects will appear hereinaften,

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a ref erence to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig; 1 is a tuck-plan view of the invention, with a part broken away and a part shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. v

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating the operation of the lay when used as a heddle. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Fi 4.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating the use of the lay in beating up the warp.

The loom frame comprises rails 9 and ID. A pair of side rails is provided, each comprising the sections it and 52, which are hingedly connected together by the hinge I3. The end rails 9 and H] are connected to the side rails by means of bolts M projecting thereto, these bolts being provided with wing nuts l5, so that an easy and quick assembly of the parts may be effected. The side rails are provided with a plurality of openings l6, through which the bolts l4 may be projected thus affording a means of adjusting the size of the loom frame; Race bars I! extend between the side rail sections and are secured thereto by means of the screws l8 and wing nuts l9. By having the side rails hingedly connected, the frame may be collapsed into folded form so that it may be stored away in a minimum amount of space. The type of structure illustrated. is one which permits of an easy and quick assembly into the con-j Projecting upwardly tachment means, to which the strands 2! of the Warp may be attached and held in the space rails.

As a combined heddle bar and lay, I provide the bar 22, having the outwardly projecting and gripping positions 23. Formedin one edge of the bar 22 are transversely extended slots 24, in the warp strands 2!; In

the other strands of the warp will engage in the slots 24, the space between the slots 24 and the openings 25 being coordinated by the space he -1 tween the pinsor studs 20. A feed needle or shuttle 26 is used for feeding the tape or Weft 21 of the Warp. This operation is clearly indicated in Fig. 6.

The member 22 serves as a heddle for moving the strands so as to change the sheds when the shown in Fig. 2. The weft may be laced over the strands, which are projected through the openings 25 on the return movement of the shuttle, the member 22 will be tilted as shown in Fig. 4, so that the strands which are passed through the openings 25 will be brought below and extended beneath the strands 2| engageable side in the slots 24, thus alternating the relative position of the strands on each alternating movement of the shuttle, through the sheds. In order to accomplish this it is necessary that the strands be extended in a plane above the side rails a distance greater than the thickness of the bar 22 so that when the bar is in tilted position, so as to lie substantially flat on the side rails, the alternate strands which engage in the slots will move out of the slots and be left stretched in their natural position. It is also to be noted that the slots 24 are of such depth that when the bar 22 is in upright position the strands 2| do not rest upon the bottoms of the slots. Consequently the slots may be said to project inwardly from one edge of the bar 22, so as to terminate a distance from the opposite edge, less than the distance at which the strands are projected above the side rails. The bar 22, however, must be of a width so that the openings 25 will be positioned above the plane of the strands when the bar is in up-right position.

Thus it is seen that the bar 22 does not affect the tension of the strands 2! so that these strands are left in their original degree of tautness at r all times and thus there is produced a warp of a tension which is determined to a large extent by the tension under which the strands 2| are placed, The construction therefore is such that the operator may very quickly deliver the weft through the'sheds and very quickly and easily alternate thepositions of the strands to vary the sheds while at the same time the same device may be used for beating up the weft. It has been found from experience that the end strands in each operation should be reinforced to prevent sagging inwardly and to this end I have used a double strand at each side, that is the outer strand on each side is double.

While I have illustrated and described the pre ferred form of construction, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come'within the scope of the appending claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A hand loom of the classdescribed comprising: a frame having side rails; end rails connecting adjacent ends of said side rails and retaining the same in spaced relation; a plurality of spaced securing means on each of said end rails for attachment of strands thereto; and a lay comprising a main body loosely positioned on said side rails and having a plurality of transversely extending slots projecting inwardlyfrom one edge and having a plurality of openings formed adjacent said edge, there being an opening between each of said slots, said openings being positioned above the bottom of said slots.

2. A hand loom of the class described comprising: a frame having side rails; end rails connecting adjacent ends of said side rails and maintaining the same in spaced relation; a plurality of spaced securing means on each of said end rails for attachment of strands thereto; a lay comprising a main body loosely resting on said side rails and extending transversely thereof and having a plurality of transversely exending slots projecting inwardly from one edge and having an opening formed adjacent said edge between each of said slots, said slots being adapted for reception of alternate strands and said openings being adapted for passage therethrough of alternate strands, said openings being positioned above the bottom of said slots so that upon movement of said lay into upright position, the strands engaged in said slots shall, at said lay, lie below the strands I projecting through said openings and upon the tilting of said lay, the strands projected through said openings may be moved downviaidly to lie below the strands engageable in said s o s. i

3. A hand loom of the. class described comprising a frame having side rails; end rails extending above and connecting adjacent ends of said side rails and retaining the same in spaced relation; a plurality of spaced securing means on each of said end rails for attachment of strands thereto; and a lay comprising a main body loosely positioned on the upper faces of said side rails, and extending transversely thereof, and having a plurality of transversely extending slots projecting inwardly from one edge, and having an opening formed adjacent said edge between each of said slots, said slots being adapted for reception of alternate strands and said openings being adapted for passage therethrough of alternate strands, said strands lying in a plane above said side rails, a distance greater than the thickness of said lay, and less than the width thereof, said openings, upon positioning of said lay upright on said side rails being positioned above said plane and the bottoms of said slots below said plane, the strands in said slots, upon tilting of said lay a predetermined distance, disengaging therefrom. 1

HERBERT G. REBER. 

